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Thrifting
Internationally
When I traveled to Ireland last
year, I investigated thrift stores
near my hotels.
Got a T-shirt with Key West
homes on it and a dragonfly one,
too. A scarf, sunglasses. All utili-
tarian and memorable about the
country.
I'm an old broad who thrifts
abroad.
Kim Kelly
Eugene
Not Enough
in Thrifting
Iwas disappointed by a missed
opportunity in last week's “Thrift-
ing" issue. While I appreciated
the brief article on finding second-
hand clothing, the accompany-
ing photo — featuring clothing
at an overstock discount store
— sent a confusing message.
Buying surplus fast fashion is
not thrifting. It's a far cry from
the values of reuse, sustainability,
and community that real thrift
culture represents.
Even more frustrating was
thelack of mention of our town's
vibrant secondhand and vintage
clothing scene. We have a pleth-
Local
ora of locally owned shops and
creative entrepreneurs who've
built a thriving ecosystem
around reuse and sustainable
fashion. To overlook them in a
thrifting-themed issue felt like
a disservice to readers and to
the businesses keeping these
values alive.
I hope future coverage will
give our local secondhand fash-
ion community the spotlight it
deserves.
Kaya Berry
Eugene
Editor's note: We agree — it would be
great to have more local businesses in
the spotlight! We tried to address the
plethora of vintage clothing shops with
roundup stories while also balancing
including furniture, figurines, vinyl
and the full secondhand scene in Lane
County.
With Benevolence
Like This...
We are fortunate to have
such a benevolent corporation
as Union Pacific around to “help”
our community “grow.” Recently,
the company “partnered” with
a short-line rail company (not
based in Eugene, either) to take
over its train yard.
This *opportunity for growth"
will on the surface *better serve
customers in the Willamette
Valley.” What's really happen-
ing — has happened — is that
Union Pacific contracted out its
yard operations to a non-union-
Vocal
ized third-class railroad, forsaking
dozens of employees in the yard
who have given 10 and 20-plus
years of service to the company.
Those employees can now sign
with the short-line to do their
same job for much less money
while lacking union support.
Otherwise, workers are being
forced to commute to Portland if
they want to keep their job. This
should serve to remind us all that
we're responsible to corporate
shareholders above all, even our
own community! Thanks, UP,
for “helping” Eugene continue
to grow!
Aaron Dactyl
Eugene
Election Hot Air
Did you know there is a secre-
tive MAGA-inspired attempt to
take over a school district here in
Lane County? Yeah, look at your
Voters! Pamphlet pages 20 to 24.
There is a slate of candidates
running for each of four South
Lane School District positions.
You can't really see “MAGA” listed
in their statements or endorse-
ments, or lack thereof. But there
are Donald Trump tracks every-
where. I've only lived here for the
last 50 years. It's only been 30
years since I entered the Oregon
legislature — just follow the scent.
I miss the old days compos-
ing a Hot Air Society column for
you, dear reader. But I’m really
encouraged in my doddering
dotage by the substantial resis-
tance being raised here locally
against Trump and his MAGA
wannabees. Last weekend over
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up in Cottage Grove to walk door-
to-door on behalf of the rational
candidates in these races. Thank
you. And thank you, Blackberry
Pie Society volunteers, for your
continued good work.
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Gail and Birdie Hoelzle and The
Bookmine Bookstore for their
5oth anniversary. And to Camilla
Mortensen and Jody Rolnick and
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The Inevitable Press Release
An accident waiting to happen on 33rd Avenue in Eugene
am a writer and occasional
journalist, and so as a service,
Гуе prepared a press release
for an event that is inevitable
here in Eugene:
Eugene police reported today that
,a__-year old pedestrian, was
struck and killed on East 33rd Avenue
between the cross-streets of Donald and
Hilyard.
The driver, . -year-old ,Was
reported by witnesses to have been speed-
ing and distracted before hitting
who resided at ____ East 32rd Avenue.
In recent years, a steady stream of
speeding motorists use the narrow street
daily to save time by not driving the addi-
tional three blocks to access Amazon Park-
way. Despite cutouts and signs indicating
the tiny street is a bike lane, residents
report constant traffic doing 10 to 15 miles
over the speed limit that have made cross-
ing the street to talk to their neighbors
risky.
Neighbors note that it’s now common
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for traffic attempting to turn left at Hilyard
to have created gridlock with long lines of
cars backed up and blocking Ferry Street.
Neighbors also report that while traffic
has heavier periods during the morning
commute, it especially swells when parents
are dropping and picking up their children
at a local school. Despite the presence of
small children, those with disabilities and
senior citizens, the commute is especially
dangerous at school pick-up time.
Parents hurrying to pick their own
children up have been seen to narrowly
avoid hitting children walking back to their
neighborhood homes. Several neighbors
reported incidents in which bicyclists
using the bike lane have been forced off
the road by drivers seeking to pass them.
Several parked cars have been totaled
since 2021 after being smashed by errant
drivers. Neighbors also report that, despite
posted speeds of 25 mph, cars are routinely
observed to be driving in excess of 40 mph.
Lorraine Berry, a resident, reported her
own multiple calls to the city's traffic divi-
sion and department of public works, in
addition to speaking with City Councilor
Matt Keating. She was assured that the
city was aware of the problem, although
no plan to ameliorate the danger has been
proposed. Multiple neighbors also reported
their own contacts with the city and note
that there's been no follow-up.
Unable to spur action from the city,
neighbors have posted signs requesting that
drivers stop speeding. During warm days,
neighbors often shout at passing motor-
ists to slow down and have attempted to
get drivers' attention by blasting speeding
cars with garden hoses. Many expressed
anger and grief about today's fatality, noting
that they had warned various officials
that such an accident had become inevi-
table, and mourning the victim, who had
many friends.
One day, after witnessing the local mail
carrier nearly get struck while she was
crossing the road, Berry reported that she
staged a road sit-in, one in which she wore
a hi-visibility vest and sat in the middle of
the road, forcing cars to slow down and
stay in their lanes. During the incident,
neighbors gathered to support her, and
were witnesses when a frustrated driver
drove into oncoming traffic to pass those
who had slowed down.
“Clearly, these drivers’ lives are much
more important than those of us who live
here,” Berry said. “Тһеуте in obvious
rushes and can't be expected to obey local
laws that stipulate yielding to pedestrians
or not blocking local intersections. For a
city that considers itself progressive, city
residents’ lack of empathy and awareness
of others in this neighborhood is clear
evidence that progressive values only apply
when it doesn't cause inconvenience."
Several city officials contacted about
the tragedy offered condolences to the
family of the victim, and said that the
driver involved would be prosecuted. They
offered no comment when asked if changes
would be made to the traffic conditions
that have been reported on 32rd Avenue
since before 2021.
Lorraine Berry lives in Eugene and is a book critic
for the Los Angeles Times.
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A QUICK PROFIT ON WELLS FARGO FLIP
Eugene School
District 4J’s
purchase of
downtown building
in 2024 gave
windfall to savvy
Portland investors
ate in the evening of Feb.
7, 2024, Andy Dey, at that
time superintendent of the
Eugene school district, was
jubilant. The school board
had just approved his plan to buy the
empty former Wells Fargo building in
downtown Eugene and remodel it into
the district’s administrative offices.
At Dey’s direction, the district the
next day sent buoyant announcements
to media, staff and parents. Dey gave
upbeat interviews.
But the purchase involved a secret
that the district has never disclosed to
the public and of which school board
members appear to have been unaware:
To buy the building, the district had
to hand a quick profit that may have
approached $600,000 to four Portland
commercial real estate brokers who
the previous year had obtained control
over, but not ownership of, the building.
The deal worked like this, records
and interviews show: The Portland exec-
utives in early 2022 secured from the
vacant building's owner, banking giant
Wells Fargo, an option to buy the prop-
erty. That was just before Dey began
zeroing in on it for district adminis-
trative space. Once the school board
finally voted on Feb. 7, 2024, to buy
it, the Portland executives' company,
NMDM LLC, quickly exercised its option
and bought the building from Wells
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and valuable consideration,” according
to the deed. The nature of that extra
*consideration" is unclear.
Then, seven days later, NMDM flipped
the building to the district for $2,894,000,
according to the deed. The deal gave
NMDM a potential markup of up to
$669,000, or 30 percent — although
NMDM likely incurred significant costs in
the deal, such as paying Wells Fargo for
the option. How much profit the group
made is not publicly known.
BOARD REVERSAL
Did the district get a good deal
anyway? No one can be sure.
But the district has been trying to
sell the place for nearly a year, with no
luck. Just four months after buying it,
the board soured on the idea of spend-
ing $10 million-plus for the remodel. So,
it put the building up for sale, asking
$2.2 million.
“Pm hoping that we can sell it, and
ideally we can sell it for at least what
we purchased it for,” says Jenny Jonak,
current chairperson of the Eugene school
board. Jonak had opposed the purchase.
But at the February 2024 board meeting
she was outvoted 5-2. Jonak says she
didn't know the purchase entailed an
option and a flip until Eugene Weekly
recently explained it to her. *Had I
been aware of it [at the Feb. 7 meeting],
I would have asked a lot of questions
about it,” she tells the Weekly. “I would
have wanted to know if we could get a
better price.”
Just three months after the Febru-
ary 2024 vote, the board didn’t renew
Dey’s employment contract, for reasons
unrelated to the Wells Fargo building.
Then, the board unanimously voted to
list the building for sale.
The property is a clunky 60-year-old
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The Wells Fargo flip saga appears
to be a case of sharp-witted Portland
real estate executives beating school
district leaders to the punch by getting
the purchase option even as the district
was engaged in a very public scramble
to find sizable office space in Eugene.
And, crucially, the executives lucked out
as the district became fixated on buying
the Wells Fargo building.
The option and flip sequence is also
a saga that school district leaders —
other than Jonak — won't talk about,
and have never explained to the public.
Dey appears to have kept the details
hidden from a KLCC reporter.
Of the seven school board members
who voted on the purchase — all are
still in office — only Jonak would speak
with Eugene Weekly. Five other board
members, who all voted for the purchase,
did not reply to repeated emails asking
about the flip. One other board member,
Rick Hamilton, who voted against the
purchase, declined to comment.
Dey declined to be interviewed
about it. Three of the four members
of NMDM did not reply to emails and
phone messages. The fourth member
denied being involved in the transac-
tion. Wells Fargo declined comment.
Options aren't uncommon in real
estate. They typically give a party the
right to buy a property at a set price fora
fixed period while they mull a purchase.
Terms of NMDIV's option are unknown.
Longtime Eugene commercial real
estate broker John Brown says that in
March or April 2022, Dey asked him to
help find office space for the district.
Brown says when he looked into the
Wells Fargo building, Portland real estate
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NMDM — had already locked it up with
the option. The district’s only avenue
was to negotiate with NMDM, Brown
says. That dragged on about 10 months
as the district calculated remodeling
costs. The district “did all their due
diligence,” he says.
FEW RECORDS AVAILABLE
During 2023, Dey met with the school
board at least twice in closed execu-
tive sessions to discuss the planned
purchase. It’s unclear what he told the
board. In response to Eugene Weekly’s
public records requests, the district
has produced few relevant records;
the district refuses to disclose some
documents on the deal that it considers
confidential and that it gave to board
members.
In October 2023, the district signed
an agreement to buy the building from
NMDM for $2,894,000, subject to board
approval.
At the Feb. 7, 2024, open-to-the-public
board meeting to approve the purchase,
nobody mentioned the building price,
the option, who owned the building
or who the district would buy it from.
Jonak, who had joined the board in
July 2022, says the board was focused on
the overall cost of buying and remodel-
ing. The board never voted on a specific
purchase price, she says.
At the February 2024 meeting, “what
was before us was to approve an all-in
amount, basically an up-to level, that
the district could spend, and ... that
was supposed to include the purchase
price and the amount of contemplated
remodeling,” Jonak says. The total was
about $13.5 million.
“It never occurred to me that there
was some sort of flip happening," Jonak
says, adding she would be “surprised”
if any other board members had known
about the flip.
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What's the building worth? That
hinges on finding a buyer who wants
that space, she says. “My objections
to the building were not because it
lacked fair market value,” she adds.
She just didn't think buying office
space was a district priority.
FUTILE EWEB EFFORT
But buying office space had been
a much-publicized district priority
in early 2023, following the district's
ill-fated effort to buy the former Eugene
Water & Electric Board headquarters.
Soon after the school board picked
Dey for superintendent in the summer
of 2022, he quickly took the lead in
seeking an office building for the
district's 200-plus administrative staff,
long headquartered in a former school
building on North Monroe Street in
the Whiteaker neighborhood. A new
office would free that old building for
teaching space, so the argument went.
When EWEB put its riverfront
building in Eugene for sale in late
2022, Dey jumped at the chance and
announced the district would make a
bid. But the city abruptly pushed the
district aside and bought the building
for a new city hall. Fuming district
officials were back to square one in
their very public quest.
Also in late 2022, the Wells Fargo
building came into play. Wells Fargo
vacated the property and recruited the
Colliers real estate brokerage in Port-
land to list it. “The bank wanted it sold
quickly," a source at Colliers tells EW.
Wells Fargo didn’t set an asking price.
Instead, it told inquiring brokers that
the bank hoped to get $2.5 million to
$2 million, says the source.
The NMDM members took a shine
to the place. All four are experienced
Portland commercial real estate
brokers. Three are executive manag-
ing directors at Cushman & Wakefield’s
Portland office: Doug Duerwaarder,
Matt Johnson and Mark Carnese;
Sasaki is the owner of the APEX Real
Estate Partners brokerage in Portland.
The four formally registered NMDM
LLC in June 2023 with the Oregon
Secretary of State's Office.
Johnson says, “I was not involved
in that [Wells Fargo] project. I would
help you if I could.”
Dey sought to keep NMDM’s role
in the deal hidden from the public.
The day after the Feb. 7, 2024, vote, a
reporter from the KLCC radio station
asked Dey who the district was buying
the building from. At that time, the
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building was still owned by Wells Fargo,
which would, within a week, sell it to
NMDM LLC, which would then flip it
to the district. Dey *declined to name
the current owner of the building,"
KLCC reported.
Bricks $ Mortar is a column anchored by
Christian Wihtol, who worked as an editor
and writer at The Register-Guard in Eugene
1990-2018, much of the time focused on real
estate, economic development and business.
Reach him at Christian@EugeneWeekly.com.
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Upcoming Rallies, Marches, Trainings and Protests
>> BHRN Bash, a free community resource fair highlighting vital
addiction and recovery services in Lane County, 11am to З pm, Friday,
May 16, Emerald Valley Resource Network, Farmers Market Pavilion,
8th Avenue and Oak Street.
>> Free Legal Clinic: Topic #1 Immigration — Know Your Rights,
1pm to 4 pm, Sunday, May 18, 1695 Jefferson Street, Black Cultural
Initiative.
>> Speak Out on Eugene Proposed Budget Cuts to Animal
Services, 5:30 pm, Wednesday, May 21, give public input at city of
Eugene Budget Committee Meeting, to comment go to Eugene-or.
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recent-posts.
>> Avelo Airlines boycott/protest, Saturday, May 31, time and place
TBD, Avelo, which flies out of Eugene Airport, has contracted with
ICE to facilitate deportation flights out of other airports.
>> Unite for Veterans, Unite for America Rally, 2 pm Eastern,
Friday, June 6, National Mall in Washington, D.C., 50501 Veterans.
Unite4Veterans.org.
>> No Kings, noon to 3 pm Saturday, June 14, Veneta, 126 and Territo-
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McKenzie-Willamette
picks west Eugene
site for emergency
department
BY CHRISTIAN WIHTOL
cKenzie-Willamette Medical
Center's much-anticipated free-
standing emergency department in
Eugene will go on a vacant parcel
just west of Chambers Street, plans
filed with the city show.
Many Eugene residents have been await-
ing news after the Springfield hospital’s CEO
declared eight months ago that McKenzie-Wil-
lamette would open an emergency department
somewhere in Eugene, without providing specif-
ics. The lack of updates since then led some
Eugene residents to fear the project stalled.
But it is very much alive.
The single-story 19,000-square-foot build-
ing would go on a large parking lot between
West 6th and West 7th avenues, the prelimi-
nary plans show.
The hospital’s spokesperson did not respond
this week to Eugene Weekly. The draft plans
and questions recently submitted by McKen-
zie-Willamette’s architect to the city did not
include a construction timeline.
McKenzie-Willamette’s September
announcement followed PeaceHealth’s bitterly
criticized decision to close the PeaceHealth
Sacred Heart University District hospital near
the University of Oregon, including the emer-
gency department, and consolidate emergency
operations at PeaceHealth’s RiverBend hospital
in Springfield. The move left Springfield (popu-
lation 62,000) with two emergency departments
and Eugene (population 178,000) with none.
Nonprofit PeaceHealth cited persistent finan-
cial losses at the University District complex.
But for-profit McKenzie-Willamette saw the
closure left an emergency services void in
Eugene, especially in the city’s fast-growing
west and northwest neighborhoods.
McKenzie-Willamette still faces hurdles.
It needs city planning approval. The targeted
parcel is zoned community commercial, and
McKenzie-Willamette is seeking confirmation
its medical building is allowed there. The hospi-
tal is also consulting with city staff over park-
ing, traffic issues, landscaping and more. Plus,
McKenzie-Willamette needs approval from the
Oregon Health Authority, which reviews new
medical capital construction projects.
The west Eugene site is owned by John and
Corinne Kiefer of Reno, Nevada, owners of
the Mazda and Kia car dealerships in Eugene,
property records show. The lot is across West
7th Avenue from the Kia dealership.
Freestanding emergency departments —
EDs that are not within a hospital complex
— are uncommon. It’s unclear whether there
are any in Oregon. Nationwide, there are about
700, out of a total of roughly 5,000 emergency
departments, research reports show. About half
the freestanding ones are in Texas.
Last September, McKenzie-Willamette CEO
David Butler announced his hospital had an
investor, a developer and a site for a 12-bed
Eugene emergency department. He provided
no location specifics.
Many hospitals in Oregon complain they
are losing money. But McKenzie-Willamette
reaped spectacular profits pre-pandemic, and
has eked out slender profits the last few years.
Historically, McKenzie-Willamette had one
of the highest profit rates among Oregon’s
60 acute-care inpatient hospitals. During the
pandemic, it incurred an operating loss in only
a single year, 2020. Last year, it had a profit
of $5.4 million on revenues of $274 million.
Pre-pandemic, the hospital had eye-popping
profits — for example, $22 million in 2019 and
$50 million in 2015, according to its filings
with the OHA.
The hospital is owned by privately held
for-profit Tennessee-based Quorum Health
Corp., which owns 12 hospitals in nine states.
Quorum doesn't disclose financials for the group
as a whole. Available data indicate McKen-
zie-Willamette is one of its most profitable
facilities.
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FINALLY RECOGNIZED
The founder of Xcape
Dance Academy is
named the 2025
Eugene Arts and
Letters Award
recipient for her \
decades of community
impact and artistic
leadership
BY KAT TABOR
anessa Fuller — dancer, chore-
ographer and longtime advocate
for community arts — has been
selected as the 2025 recipient
of the Eugene Arts and Letters
Award, a distinguished honor that recognizes
outstanding contributions to the city’s cultural
life.
Established in 1982 by Lee and Hester
Bishop, the award is presented annually by
the mayor of Eugene. Since 2010, it has been
part of the BRAVA Awards, hosted by the Arts
and Business Alliance of Eugene, and honors
individuals who have significantly shaped
Eugene’s artistic community.
“Гуе never been honored by the city, ever,
for anything,” Fuller says.
Fuller is the founder and artistic director of
Xcape Dance Company, a studio built on prin-
ciples of equity and access. Xcape is known
for offering scholarship-based dance education
to participants of all ages — from toddlers to
adult professionals. “The way we work, Xcape
provides no barriers education to every single
person who walks in the door,” Fuller says. “I
don’t turn anybody away for not having funds
to dance,” she adds. “This means that we
have a lot of students on scholarships and a
lot of students in some of those marginalized
populations that would never get the chance
to take dance or be involved in a community
like this otherwise.”
As someone who was born and raised in
Eugene, Fuller says she feels closely tied to the
community and grateful for the opportunity
to give back. “I’m born and raised here. I left
for a while, and I came back, which gave mea
lot of perspective,” she says. “I would say my
favorite part about creating here in Eugene is
that I feel like I get to do what’s needed for
kids that look like me.” she continues. “And so
what keeps me motivated and excited about
being here is the opportunity to do that. I feel
like it’s kind of my purpose, my karma, what-
ever you want to call it,”
Fuller’s work reaches far beyond Eugene.
Her choreography has been featured on major
stages, including Club Jeté in Los Angeles, and
at arena concerts across the country along-
side artists like E-40, Twista, The Game and
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. She also appeared in
Season 1 of Second Chance Stage on HBO Max
and Magnolia Network, and has collaborated
with MTV, CBS and the University of Oregon.
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VANESSA FULLER AT
XCAPE DANCE STUDIO
Photo by Kat Tabor
Reflecting on her upbringing, Fuller says the
lack of diverse representation in local dance
shaped her vision. “I grew up here. At that time,
there wasn’t a lot of hip hop, a lot of jazz, a lot
of African rooted styles. I did take tap growing
up, but there wasn’t a community of Black and
brown leadership here. There just wasn’t.”
That lack of representation fueled her
passion for teaching and ultimately led her
to become the artistic director and studio
owner of Xcape — a space designed not
just as a dance studio, but as a launching
pad for the next generation of artists. Xcape
now includes a teacher assistant program,
competitive youth teams and a professional
dance company for adults. “This is the pipe-
line,” Fuller says. “We’re creating that connec-
tion from here to L.A. and New York.”
She says receiving the BRAVA award is
especially meaningful as arts organizations
across the country are dealing with sharp
cuts to funding.
“Те feels great to be honored. I think it's a
really good time because we all know of the
grants and things that have been cut abruptly
in the past couple weeks to art organizations,
part of our organization is nonprofit. So we’re
going to feel the effects of that,” Fuller says.
“And so I feel like it's a really good time to
have the opportunity to speak about that.”
Many of the affected grants are tied to the
National Endowment for the Arts, which helps
fund local groups such as Lane Arts Council,
Eugene Symphony and Oregon Bach Festival.
These organizations often support programs
that uplift marginalized and LGBTQ-« commu-
nities — a cornerstone of Xcape's mission.
Fuller notes that many of those grants are
being reduced due to decisions made by the
current presidential administration.
At the heart of Xcape's purpose is creating
a pathway for the next generation to believe
in a future in the arts.
“There was nobody telling me I could make
a career out of dance and art,” Fuller says.
“Now, kids in Eugene can see someone who
looks like them doing just that.”
“Dance to be free" is the guiding motto
that Fuller and the Xcape Dance Company
carry forward.
To learn more about Vanessa Fuller and Xcape
Dance Academy, visit Xcapedance.my.canva.site/
vanessafullerdance. Xcape Dance Academy is located at
1416 West 7th Avenue. For inquiries, call §41-337-3797 or
email info@xcapedance.com.
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the Eugene police, then it was on
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of the accounting, plus fear of
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>> First in June 2023 and again
in January 2024, a jury ordered
PacifiCorp to pay millions in
damages after it found the util-
ity company to have been reck-
less and negligent in the 2020
wildfires that destroyed homes
and tore lives apart. Victims of
the fires still have not seen
the money that they need to
make them whole again. Forty-
eight people signed up to give
emotional testimony on Senate
Bill 926 A on Monday, May 12, at
a public hearing of the Oregon
Legislature's House Judiciary
Committee. Speakers — some
choking back tears — talked
about losing homes, animals and
livelihoods. Among other things,
SB 926 A prevents the utilities
from distributing dividends and
passing on costs and expenses
to rebuild their equipment until
victims are compensated — they
don't get to go back to business
as usual while the victims still
struggle. The bill has already
passed the Senate on a 22-6
highly bi-partisan vote and it is
now in the House.
>> Also in the Legislature are
a couple bills that affect jour-
nalists and newspapers! SB
686 would require large tech
companies to compensate news-
rooms for the local journalism on
platforms like Google and Meta's
Facebook. Possible downside?
Meta cuts Oregon newspapers off
from its platforms as it has done
in Canada. Possible upsides?
Money to staff newsrooms that
actually produce the stories. We
like that idea! A less likeable bill is
HB 3564, introduced by freshman
lawmaker Darin Harbick after
his attorney issued a retrac-
tion demand to Eugene Weekly
for our coverage of his son and
legislative aid, Tyler Harbick, and
the Jan. 6 uprising. EW covered
the story twice — and requested
comment — but the demand only
came after a brief mention in a
third story. The bill seeks to give
people more time to get an attor-
ney to come after news sources,
something the Greater Oregon
Society of Professional Jour-
nalists pointed out in a recent
hearing could be chilling to small
newsrooms.
>> Check out our pieces this
week on winners of Eugene
Arts and Business Alliance’s
BRAVA — Business Recogniz-
ing Arts Vision and Achievement
— awards! Humble brag, EW is
the winner of the Dave Hauser
Business of the Year! In addi-
tion to Vanessa Fuller of Xcape
Dance Company (page 7) and
Fermata Dance Collective (page
16), Dr. Don Dexter Gallery and
The Shedd/QSL Print Commu-
nications are award winners.
Come celebrate 5 pm May 20
at the Hult Center! And as long
as we are on the topic of arts
and culture, City Club of Eugene
noon May 16 at the WOW Hall is all
about the Oregon Country Fair.
May 15, 2025
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was told to follow a club member
from the Springfield Albertsons on
Main Street to the secret hideout.
When the club wouldn’t give me the
address, I thought my kidneys were
going to be harvested. Instead, following
Tom Snyder, 84, down a set of winding
back roads, I felt this experience could
go either way — organ harvesting or cool
hidden clubhouse.
Unfortunately, the odds of either
happening still seemed 50/50 when I pulled
up to the Pelican Park Speedway, an exter-
nally rundown looking garage I was told
used to be a small body shop, with a view
of mountains and suburban sprawl.
Snyder exited his car, pulled out a cane
and walked over and introduced himself.
He then explained the history of Pelican
Park, which was purchased back in 1996
by a few of the members — an era that
predated Oregon’s legalization of cannabis.
Initially, the group members, who are all
in their боз or older, met in secret as they
also smoked weed at meetings and didn't
want to get caught. They met to race slot
cars — small model vehicles on specially
designed tracks powered by electric motors.
The name comes from the small slots or
grooves on the track that a pin or blade
from the car is inserted into to power it.
The members still meet to hang out,
smoke, race and honor the memories of
previous members of the Pelican Park
club — who Snyder refers to as “10 or 12
retired gear-head men who gather weekly
for fierce but happy competition."
In the clubhouse — where my initial
impressions were blown out of the water
and any fear of kidney robbery was
dismissed — Snyder regaled me with tales
of the beginnings of the club, which was
founded by Doug Haynes, who died in
2009. Another notable deceased member,
who died in 2019, was Todd Messinger.
Messinger housed a massive collection of
slot cars, and apparently built a new one
every week. The final name mentioned for
late racers was Dave Frazier, who passed
away in 2022.
Slot cars began in the early 1900s with
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the invention of the toy by Lionel Corpo-
ration. However, the little race cars as
we see them today, powered by electric
motors and current from the track, gained
popularity in the 1960s, according to Ital-
ian artisan slot car maker, NSR. The Peli-
line the walls with photos of previous and
current club members added among the
photographic collages.
Diecast and model cars line large book
shelves along the edges of Pelican Park.
Racing hats and small trophies break up
APREVIOUSLY RACED MODEL THAT HAS
BEEN RELEGATED TO BEING A DISPLAY PIECE.
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can Park club launched officially in 1989.
The Pelican Park clubhouse is a dream
for all things automotive. Bits of art and
photographs of famous racing drivers,
such as Bruce McLaren and Enzo Ferrari,
the rows of model car after model car. A
car aficionado myself, I have dreamed of
a man cave this meticulous and overt at
displaying all things with four wheels and
a combustion engine.
The centerpiece of it allis the race track.
Pelican Park's track is on the smaller side,
according to Snyder, who explained that
many of the tracks he grew up with were
far larger. Multiple bends, a straightaway
and an overpass comprise the majority
of the track.
Slot cars are built on a variety of scales
— 1/24 means that the small cars are 1/24th
the size of a real race car. Snyder says
Pelican Park races “1/24 and 1/25th scale
*hard body' slot cars where the bodies are
converted from 1/24th and 1/25th scale
plastic model car kits from the hobby
shop or online.”
Each corner of the track is populated
by a diorama of figures and miniatures,
sometimes performing unsavory, but funny,
acts. The raceway has its own personal-
ity, one that amalgamates each members'
personal taste. When it comes to the race
itself, a better lap result — the difference
between winning and losing — comes down
to the weight of the car, understanding of
the track, aerodynamics and simple skill.
The display of previous members' cars
holds emotional significance to the surviv-
ing racers, says Paul Lanz, 70. “It’s how
we like to honor our former racers and
friends.”
Lanz inherited Messinger’s previous
collection and pared it down, keeping the
best examples for display. “Todd had 250
cars. He gave me all of his unbuilt models.
I sold off a lot of them though,” Lanz says.
Two other members, who’d arrived
earlier to help set up the track were Greg
Pierson, 73, part of the original group in
1996, and Cully Bowman, 62, who joined
in 1999. They were re-soldering electrical
contact points along the track as well as
wiping it down with copious amounts of
lighter fluid to remove grease and spent
silicone from the cars’ tires.
Snyder explained the night’s racing
class. Out of 12 classes, the night's specialty
was “modified dirt,” which Snyder, with a
drag on his Marlboro, described as “one of
our fastest classes. It’s a bit loose with the
rules, which is to say other classes aren’t.”
Bowman chimed in saying each night is
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stocking-stuffers from last Christmas, and
who knew how funny they would be when
we initiated our ‘On your mark, get set,
go" beginning each heat race!”
The racing is exhilarating.
Each slot car can reach nearly 60 miles
an hour on straightaways, according to а
few of the members — a speed narrated
by the whir of their electric motors, which
Charlie Snyder, the aforementioned parts
liaison, provided with a price tag of $23.50
each. Charlie Snyder is able to purchase the
motors from a wholesaler in Roseburg, and
delivers the parts to the members at races.
The 1/24 scale models rip around
through bends and corners, sometimes
with their rear ends stepping out in either
direction. Every so often, a car leaves its
designated lane, but any of the members
not racing are readily available to replace
the car so it can continue its heat.
Each heat lasts 50 laps with an average
lap speed of 4.7 seconds, although I saw a
lap as quick as 4.441 seconds, posted by
Tipton. “He’s the man to beat,” a few of
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“the systematic destruction of your works
of art. And no crying!" Destruction of a
slot car is usually due to running off the
track or winding up in a collision. Notably,
Snyder explained the slot cars they race
can cost anywhere from $5 to $250, but
they tend to limit the usage of their more
expensive models.
A few more members entered the fray:
Gary Klein, 74, who joined in 2016. Gary
Tipton, also 74, joined in 2016 after racing in
Albany from 2010 to 2015. Charlie Snyder, 81,
Tom’s brother, who's been racing since the
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start and acts as the group's parts liaison.
Chris “Basil” Snyder, 67, another Snyder
brother. Deke Coleman, 68, who's been
racing since he was 8, and finally James
Wendel, 74, who joined up in around 2012.
With the racers all set, and their work-
shop kits assembled along the benches
lining the walls, the qualifier races quickly
set into motion.
Placement in the qualifiers is dictated
byarandom drawing of numbers, with two
groups of four racing for placement in the
eventual main event, although, there is a
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loser's category lovingly referred to as the
“consi” or consolation race. The bottom
two racers from either qualifier populate
the loser's bracket, and the top four racers
populate the main event.
The prize? Doughnuts. White, powdered
sugar doughnuts.
Each race begins by grabbing the atten-
tion of the racers with a recording of a
goat scream — a quirk of Pelican Park. The
scream is followed by a countdown, which
is also visible on a small TV hung from a
ceiling rafter. Snyder says, “The goats were
the other racers said.
Interspersed between heats is the occa-
sional smoking session, be it cigarettes or
marijuana, but they’re never long breaks.
Ultimately, at the end of the night,
despite who wins and who loses, there’s
always companionship. Lanz put it best:
“We come together and put aside life
differences and political opinions because
we just want to race.”
“At the end of the day, the guy that beat
your ass that night will probably tell you
how to beat his ass next week,” he says.
For more information on Pelican Park Speedway,
contact Tom Snyder, 541-953-8951 or mitexib@
gmail.com.
proudly thanks our members who champion the arts across
the Eugene, Cascades & Coast region.
We're especially honored to recognize four outstanding members being celebrated at the
2025 BRAVA Awards:
Eugene Weekly - Dave Hauser Business of the Year
Don Dexter Gallery - Fentress Award
QSL Print Communications & The John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts - Arts & Business
Partnership Award
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Taking the fast lane since 1982.
E It's highly possible that there are people who go
to the annual Florence Rhododendron Festi-
val just for the bright native blooms. There are definitely folk who
go for the noon Sunday, May 18, grand finale Floral Parade through
Old Town Florence. There are also people who go to the festival to
ogle the hordes of shiny Harleys that line the streets of Old Town
that weekend. The bikes are rarely mentioned in PR for the Rhody
Days fest, but they dominate the scene. Not to be missed is the sight
of several hundred members of the Free Souls Motorcycle Club
roaring in from the Eugene area on Saturday morning. If you do
have to miss the Souls’ grand entrance on the coast but are in the
mood to check out some hogs and other bikes, then put the annual
Distinguished Gentleman's Ride on Sunday on your agenda. The
ride takes place across the world and the Eugene version is hosted
by the local Caballeros Riders Club to raise funds and awareness for men's mental health and prostate cancer research. The ride features folks of
all genders dressed in dapper clothing on vintage and classic motorcycles. The DGR After-Party is open to all at Viking Brewing and will feature
Darline Jackson's My Band “performing a couple of sets of sweet soul music starting at 1 pm.” Viking Brewing will be donating a portion from each
pint sold to the Distinguished Gentleman's Ride. — Camilla Mortensen
Open Mic, 5:30-10pm, Mac's
Restaurant & Nightclub,
1626 Willamette.
Arthur Buezo, savage folk,
7-9pm, beergarden, 777 W.
6th Ave.
Covenhoven, indie, 8pm, The
Hybrid Gallery, 941 W. 3rd
Ave. $15-20.
DJ Jon Smith, vinyl, 8pm,
PLAY Eugene, 232 W. 5th
St.
MaMuse, folk-soul, 8pm,
WOW Hall, 291 W. 8th Ave.
$31.
Pocket Dimension, funk fu-
sion, 8pm, Sam Bond's, 407
Blair Blvd. $5.
Funk Night Eugene, 9pm,
Luckey's Club, 933 Olive St.
Noche De Rumba w/ DJ
Pachanga Mix, 9pm-2am,
Cowfish Dance Club, 62 W.
Broadway.
Photo by Camilla Mortensen
Florence Rhododendron Festival opens Thursday, May 15, and runs through May 18, featuring flowers, a Thursday coronation, a Sunday parade, a carnival all four days and, of course,
the motorcycles. Find out more at FlorenceChamber.com. The free Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride After-Party is Sunday, Мау 18, at Viking Brewing, 520 Commercial Street, Unit F.
Nightlife
Karaoke, 5:30-10pm, Dexter
Lake Club, 39128 Dexter
Rd., Dexter.
Trivia w/ Brett, 6:30-8:30pm,
May 15
Art/Craft
Transgressors Reception,
5-7:30pm, Museum of Natu-
ral & Cultural History, 1680
E. 15th Ave.
Paint w/ Cats, 5:30-7pm, Eu-
gene Spfd. Cat Lounge, 537
W. Centennial Blvd. $30.
Comedy
Bryan Callen, 7pm, Olsen Run
Comedy Club, 44 E. 7th Ave.
$30-45.
Film
The Archaeology Channel
International Film Festival,
6:30-10pm, The Shedd, 868
High St.
Food/Drink
Thursday Tasting: Double
Mountain, 6-8pm, The Bier
Stein, 1591 Willamette.
Gatherings
Hearing Voices & Different
Realities Discussion & Support
Group, 1-2:30pm, Trauma
Healing Project, 631 E. 19th
Ave., bldg. B.
LCC Job Fair, 1-4pm, Lane
Community College, 4000
E. 3Oth Ave., Center Build-
ing.
Co-Dependents Anony-
mous: Living the Dream at
Wellsprings Friends School,
7-8:15pm, Wellsprings
Friends School, 3590 W.
Kids/Family
Family Playtime, 10:15-11am,
Bethel Branch Library, 1990
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The Magical Moombah: Tall
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The Shedd, 868 High St. $4.
Lectures/Classes
Oregon Urban & Community
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Lawrence St.
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town Eugene Public Library,
100 W. 1Oth Ave.
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5:30-8pm, Erb Memorial
Union, 1395 University St.
Literary Arts
Writing Time, 10:30am-1pm,
Wordcrafters Studio, 436
Charnelton St., ste. 100. $5.
Music
Artistic Encounters w/ John
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Broadway.
Viking Brewing West, 520
Commercial St., unit F.
Bingo, 7-11pm, The Wild
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Bingo, 7pm, Twisted Duck
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Blvd., Spfd.
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Spiritual
Refuge Recovery, 5:30-7pm,
Sacred Connections Com-
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Ave.
Teens
D&D for Beginners, 4:30pm,
Downtown Eugene Public
Library.
Theater
Tappin' Talent Search, 6-9pm,
Tallman Brewing, 2055
Primrose St., Lebanon.
May 16
Art/Craft
Make Buttons, 2:30-5:30pm,
Downtown Eugene Public
Library, 100 W. 1Oth Ave.
LEGACY: 75th Anniversary
Exhibit Opening Celebration,
5-7pm, Maude Kerns Art
Ctr., 1910 E. 15th Ave.
Comedy
Bryan Callen, 7pm & 9:30pm,
Olsen Run Comedy Club, 44
E. 7th Ave. $30-45.
Drag
Men At Werk: It's Gonna Be
May, 8pm, The Hybrid-Eu-
gene, 941 W. 3rd Ave. $15.
Film
Filmed by Bike Festival,
5:30pm, University of Or-
egon Straub Hall, rm. 156,
1451 Onyx St. $5-10.
The Wild Robot (2024), 6pm,
Bethel Branch of Eugene
Public Library, 1990 Echo
Hollow Rd.
The Archaeology Channel
International Film Festival,
6:30-10pm, The Shedd, 868
High St.
Prince of Darkness (1987),
T:30pm, Art House, 492 E.
13th Ave. $8-11.
Gatherings
Emerald Valley Resource Net-
work BHRN Bash, 11am-3pm,
Farmer's Market Pavilion,
85 E. 8th Ave.
Eugene Ehlers-Danlos
Syndrome & Hypermobil-
ity Support Group, 4-6pm.
Email EugeneWildStripes@
zohomail.com for location.
Health
Lifestyle Medicine Class,
7-8:30pm, Irving Grange,
1011 Irvington Dr.
Kids/Family
Tot Discovery Day: Physics
Phenomenons, 9am-noon,
Eugene Science Ctr., 2300
Leo Harris Pkwy. FREE-$9.
The Magical Moombah: Tall
Tales & Silly Stuff!, 10:15am,
The Shedd, 868 High St. $4.
Lectures/Classes
Tech Help, 3-4pm, Bethel
Branch of Eugene Public Li-
brary, 1990 Echo Hollow Rd.
Djembe Drumming, 3:30-
4:30pm, Djembe Trading
Post, 1740 W. 10th Ave. $10.
Negotiation w/ Emmett & Crys-
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You Like It: The Pleasure
Shop, 1655 W. 11th Ave., ste.
1. $20.
Gray Whale Foraging Behaviors
& Morphology Off the Oregon
Coast, 7-8:30pm, University
of Oregon Allen Hall, rm.
221.
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Still Woozy ft. Goth Babe,
psychedelic alternative,
4pm, The Cuthbert Amphi-
theater, 601 Day Island Rd.
$65-89.
Walker T. Ryan Trio, blues,
rock, folk, 5pm, Viking Brew-
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St., unit F.
Bootleg Rose, indie folk, 5:30-
T:30pm, LaVelle Vineyards,
89697 Sheffler Rd., Elmira.
Henry Cooper Trio, blues,
6-9pm, Territorial Vine-
yards & Wine Co., 907 W.
зга Ave.
Arthur Buezo, savage folk,
7-9pm, PublicHouse, 418 A
St., Spfd.
Boxcar Figaro, folk, blues,
7-9pm, Drop Bear Brewery,
2690 Willamette.
The Stagger & Sway, Ameri-
cana, rock, 7-9pm, The
Garden on Friendly, 2760
Friendly St.
Ky Burt & the Feelgoods, coun-
try, folk, 7:30pm, Gratitude
Brewing, 540 E. 8th Ave.
Magid Ensemble, folk,
klezmer, 7:30-9:15pm,
Tsunami Books, 2585 Wil-
lamette. $24.
UO Jazz Ensembles, 7:30-
10pm, The Jazz Station, 124
W. Broadway. $15.
Anna Moss, r&b, Americana,
porch jazz, 8pm, WOW Hall,
291 W. 8th Ave. $20-29.50.
Charity Kiss w/ Slippy & The
Sheets & Skip The Millers, var-
ious, 8-10:30pm, Whiteside
Theatre, 361 SW Madison
Ave., Corvallis. $10-15.
Daddy Rabbit, roots, rock,
blues, 8-11:45pm, Even
Steven's, 117 S. 14th St.,
Spfd. $8.
Grateful Web: Shafty, 8pm,
Whirled Pies, 199 W. 8th
Ave. $20-22.
The Survivors, classic rock,
8pm-midnight, The Embers,
1811 State Hwy 99 N.
Just Clark & Buck Magic,
country, Americana, 9pm,
Sam Bond's, 407 Blair Blvd.
$5.
Nightlife
Karaoke, 7-11pm, Round Up
Saloon, 13 North Front St.,
Creswell.
Trivia, 7pm, The Barn Light,
924 Willamette.
Trivia, 7-9pm, Local Losers
Lounge, 85944 Highway
99 S.
Karaoke, 8pm-midnight,
Squachos, 471 S. A St., Spfd.
Karaoke, 8pm-2am, Keg Tav-
ern, 4711 W. 11th Ave.
Karaoke w/ DJ Saturn, 8pm,
Twisted Duck Pub, 529 W.
Centennial Blvd., Spfd.
Kinky Bingo, Зрт-11рт, 255
Madison, 255 Madison St.
$10.
Karaoke, 9pm-1am, The Barn
Light, 924 Willamette.
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Fun Friday Goat Yoga, 6-7pm,
No Regrets Flower Farm &
Animal Sanctuary, 26641
Bellfountain Rd., Monroe.
$28.
Social Dance
Soul Sessions, 8pm, PLAY
Eugene, 232 W. 5th St.
Freek! Dance Party w/ DJ
SPOC-3PO, 8:30pm-2:15am,
Cowfish Dance Club, 62 W.
Broadway.
Church of '80s, 9pm-2am,
Blairally, 245 Blair Blvd. $4.
Salsa & Bachata Social Danc-
ing & Drop-in Class, 9pm-
12:15am, The Vet's Club,
1626 Willamette. $8.
Spiritual
Recovery Dharma Buddhist
Meeting, 10-11:30am, Jesco
Club, 340 Blair Blvd.
Teens
Learn to Play Magic the Gather-
ing, 4pm, Sheldon Branch of
Eugene Public Library, 1566
Coburg Rd.
LGBTQ+ Youth Group, 4pm,
Amazon Community Ctr.,
2700 Hilyard St.
Theater
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's
Nest, 6-9:30pm, Zero Clear-
ance Theater Co., 47781
Hwy 58, Oakridge. $12-25.
Misery, 7:30pm, The Very
Little Theatre, 2350 Hilyard
St. $22.
The B!tch is Back! A Night of
Elton John Burlesque, 9pm,
Sparrow & Serpent, 211
Washington St. $15.
May 17
Art/Craft
Figure Art Session, 1Oam-1pm,
Lane Community College,
4000 E. 30th Ave. $8-60.
Mandala Dot Rock Painting
Workshop & Goat Happy Hour,
10am-noon, No Regrets
Flower Farm & Animal Sanc-
tuary, 26641 Bellfountain
Rd., Monroe. $45.
Kids Craft, 11am-2pm,
MECCA, 555 High St. $5.
Comedy
Bryan Callen, 7pm & 9:30pm,
Olsen Run Comedy Club, 44
E. 7th Ave. $30-45.
Dance
Eugene Ballet: A Midsummer
Night's Dream w/ Orchestra
Next, 7:30-9:30pm, Hult Ctr.
$18-70.
Farmers Markets
Lane County Farmers Market,
9am-3pm, Lane County
Farmers Market, 8th Ave. &
Oak St.
Spencer Creek Community
Grower's Market, 10am-2pm,
Spencer Creek Grange,
86013 Lorane Hwy.
Veneta's Downtown Farmers'
Market, 10am-2pm, Veneta's
Downtown Farmers' Mar-
ket, 88267 Territorial Rd.,
Veneta.
Film
The Archaeology Channel
International Film Festival,
9:30am-7pm, The Shedd,
868 High St.
The Metropolitan Opera: Sa-
lome, 10am, Art House, 492
E. 13th Ave. $18-26.
Prince of Darkness (1987),
1pm, Art House, 492 E. 13th
Ave. $8-11.
Gatherings
Overeaters Anonymous,
9:30-10:30am, Unitarian
Universalist Church, 1685
W. 13th Ave.
Come As You Are: Codepen-
dents Anonymous, 10-11am,
First United Methodist
Church, 1376 Olive St.
The Magical Moombah: Tall
Tales & Silly Stuff!, 10am, The
John G. Shedd Institute for
the Arts, 868 High St. $4.
Capricorn Manor Grand Open-
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MOXIE DANCE COLLECTIVE Photo by Jay Eades |
Moxie Dance Collective, a recently launched dance group in Eugene,
presents their first production, Broadway After Dark, May 18, with
familiar Broadway show dance numbers saluting Broadway's sexy side. Co-founders
Kendra Lady and Hannah Flier wanted Moxie to provide adults who previously danced
or who have always wanted to try an opportunity not only to perform but to choreograph
their own pieces. Lady, who graduated with a degree in dance from the University of
Oregon School of Music and Dance and teaches dance at Rebelle Studios in Eugene, says
Broadway After Dark will feature jazz-influenced choreography, especially heels dance,
which according to Lady, can integrate aspects of hip hop popular on Broadway shows.
Broadway fans may recognize heels-style dance from Chicago. And while burlesque influ-
ences the evening, Lady and Flier stress the inspiration was musical theater. As well as
Chicago, Broadway After Dark will showcase numbers from RENT, Moulin Rouge and
Six and Heathers: The Musical. With Moxie, Lady says, “We hoped to create a collec-
tive focused on heels, burlesque and jazz, where adults of all ages and skill levels could
come together and learn pieces and choreograph and perform. Performing opportunities
for adults are uncommon, especially for adults who are returning to dance after maybe
taking a break for a long time.” Springfield’s Overlap Self-Care Superstore, an all-inclu-
sive adult product store, will sell during the evening’s performances. — Will Kennedy
Moxie Dance Collective’s Broadway after Dark is 9 pm Sunday, May 18, at John Henry’s, 881 Willamette
Street. Tickets are $10, and the show is 21-plus. For more information about Moxie Dance Collective, visit @
moxiedancecollectives41 on Instagram or Moxie Dance Collective on Facebook.
Chalk it Up For Kids in the
Arts: A Chalk Party Fundraiser,
10am-2pm, C.R.O.W. Ctr. for
the Performing Arts, 3120
Hwy 101, Florence.
Baby & Toddler Playtime,
10:15-10:45am, Bethel
Branch of Eugene Public Li-
brary, 1990 Echo Hollow Rd.
Kids & Family Crafting, 11am-
2pm, MECCA, 555 High St.
The Magical Moombah: Tall
Tales & Silly Stuff!, ipm, The
Shedd, 868 High St. $4.
Builders & Makers Club,
3-5pm, Bethel Branch of
Eugene Public Library, 1990
Echo Hollow Rd.
Talk Time: Practice Conver-
sational English, 10:30am-
12:30pm, Downtown Eugene
Public Library.
Women's Self Defense,
3-5:30pm, Modern Samurai
Academy, 755 Charnelton
St.
Young Historians, 11am-1pm,
Shelton McMurphey John-
son House, 303 Willamette.
Epic, Comedy, Tragedy,
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Downtown Ctr., 975 High St.
$95-150.
Writing Hooks, Cliffhangers
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Wordcrafters Studio, 436
Charnelton St., ste. 100.
$159.
Eugene Saturday Market,
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Ave. & Oak St.
Eugene Saturday Market Main
Stage, 10am-4pm, Park
Blocks, 8th Ave. & Oak St.
99th Eugene Gleemen Spring
Concert, 2:30pm, The Wild-
ish Theater, 630 Main St.,
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Drive to Space, prog rock,
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2:30-4pm, Park Blocks, 8th
Ave. & Oak St.
Let It Roll, classic rock,
5-7pm, Tallman Brewing,
2055 Primrose St., Leba-
non.
Fast Gravel, jazz, salsa,
6-8pm, Arable Brewing Co.,
510 Conger St.
Just Clark, Americana,
6-8pm, Viking Brewing
West, 520 Commercial St.,
unit F.
Matt Mitchel, Americana,
6-9pm, McKenzie Gen-
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91837 Taylor Rd., McKenzie
Bridge.
Shamanic Drumming, 6-8pm,
The Center, 390 Vernal St.
$10-20.
Mix-A-Lot Music & Comedy
Open Mic, 6:30-9pm, Twisted
Duck Pub, 529 W. Centen-
nial Blvd., Spfd.
Corwin Bolt & The Wingnuts,
folk, Americana, 7-9pm, The
Garden on Friendly, 2760
Friendly St.
Grateful Web: Garcia Birthday
Band, 7pm, Whirled Pies, 199
W. 8th Ave. $20-22.
Roger Jaeger, indie, pop, 7pm,
Drop Bear Brewery, 2690
Willamette.
Soromundi: Everything Pos-
sible, 7pm, Hult Ctr. $23-28.
Walker T Ryan, blues, Ameri-
cana, 7pm, Houndstooth
Public House, 1795 W. 6th
Ave.
Oregon Mozart Players: Da
Capo, 7:30pm, Beall Concert
Hall, 1225 University of
Oregon. $30-65.
Elvin Bishop & Charlie Mus-
selwhite, blues, 7:30pm, The
Shedd, 868 High St. $45-64.
Keith Brown Sextet, r&b, funk,
jazz, hip hop, 7:30-10pm,
The Jazz Station, 124 W.
Broadway. $25.
Melissa Ruth & The Likely
Stories, country, blues, 7:30-
9:30pm, beergarden, 777 W.
6th Ave.
Shadow Sway ft. Halie Loren
& Daniel Gallo, jazz, 7:30-
9:15pm, Tsunami Books,
2585 Willamette. $20.
Tannahill Weavers, Celtic,
7:30pm, Unity of the Valley,
3912 Dillard Rd. $27.50-30.
Outlandish D'Amour, The
Police tribute, 7:30pm,
Gratitude Brewing, 540 E.
8th Ave.
Seeking Saturn, alt rock,
8pm-midnight, Even Ste-
ven's, 117 S. 14th St., Spfd.
$5.
Against the Raging Tide w/ Ala-
mance, rock, metal, 8-10pm,
Whiteside Theatre, 361 SW
Madison Ave., Corvallis.
$10-15.
The Survivors, classic rock,
8pm-midnight, The Embers,
1811 State Hwy 99 М.
Drag Bingo, 5-7pm, Sparrow
& Serpent, 211 Washington
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way 99 S.
Karaoke, 8pm-midnight,
Craig's Lucky Logger &
Henry's Bar, 39297 McKen-
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Goth Prom, 9pm, Sparrow &
Serpent, 211 Washington St.
Karaoke, 9pm-1am, Centen-
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sula Park, 26647 OR-126,
Veneta.
Cottage Grove Half Mara-
thon & 10K, 8:30am-2pm,
Trailhead Park, S. 10th St.,
Cottage Grove. $65-120.
Treat Yourself, 9-11am,
Bohemia Park, S. 10th St.,
Cottage Grove.
College Hill/Friendly Neighbor-
hood Walking Tour, 10am,
Washington Park, 2025
Washington St.
Myofascial Release for Core
& Pelvis, 2-3:15pm, Eugene
Family YMCA Don Stathos
Campus, 600 E. 24th Ave.
$20-35.
SCM Yoga, 2-4pm, Sacred
Connections Community
Church, 810 W. 3rd Ave.
FREE-$10.
Goat Yoga & Wine Happy
Hour, 4-5:30pm, No Regrets
Flower Farm & Animal
Sanctuary, 26641 Bellfoun-
tain Rd., Monroe. $45.
Spiritual
Let's Just Sit Together,
10:30am-noon, Buddha Eye
Temple, 2190 Garfield St.
FREE-$10.
Theater
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's
Nest, 6-9:30pm, Zero Clear-
ance Theater Co., 47781
Hwy 58, Oakridge. $12-25.
Misery, 7:30pm, The Very
Little Theatre, 2350 Hil-
yard St. $22.
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Art/Craft
Goats & Glass Class: Square
Rainbow Edition, 10am-1pm,
No Regrets Flower Farm &
Animal Sanctuary, 26641
Bellfountain Rd., Monroe.
$125.
Paint & Sip w/ Sierra, noon,
beergarden, 777 W. 6th
Ave. $30.
Benefits
Bark in the Park, 8am, Alton
Baker Park, 200 Day Island
Rd.
Bingo for Charity: Oregon
Agriculture in the Classroom,
3-5pm, Tallman Brew-
ing, 2055 Primrose St.,
Lebanon.
Comedy
Hand Shoes & Horse Gre-
nades, 7:30pm, Luckey's
Club, 933 Olive St.
Dance
Eugene Ballet: A Midsummer
Night's Dream w| Orchestra
Next, 2-4pm, Hult Ctr.
$18-70.
Moxie Dance Collective:
Broadway After Dark, 8pm,
John Henry's, 881 Willa-
mette. $10.
Festival
Mt. Pisgah Arboretum Wild-
flower Festival, 10am-5pm,
Mount Pisgah Arboretum,
34901 Frank Parrish Rd.
$15.
Film
The Archaeology Channel
International Film Festival,
9:30am-7pm, The Shedd,
868 High St.
Gatherings
Sunday Gathering, 10:30-
11:30am, The Center, 390
Vernal St.
Wayne Morse Open House
50th Anniversary, noon-
4pm, Wayne Morse Family
Farm, 595 Crest Dr.
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Kids/Family
Family Fun w/ Pastels,
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gene Public Library.
Family Bingo, 5:30pm, Drop
Bear Brewery, 2690 Wil-
lamette.
Lectures/Classes
Wildfire Awareness & Fires-
caping, 11am-3pm, Down To
Earth, 532 Olive St.
Now What? A Series in Sup-
port of Artists, noon, The
Hybrid, 941 W. 3rd Ave.
$10-12.
Anyone Can Be a Pornstar:
Living Your XXX Fantasy w/
Javay da BAE, 5-7pm, As You
Like It: The Pleasure Shop,
1655 W. 11th Ave., ste. 1.
$20.
Literary Arts
Poetry in the Round, 12:30-
2pm, Coburg Commons
Bookstore, 91193 N. Wil-
lamette, Coburg.
Writing Time, 6:30-9pm,
Wordcrafters Studio, 436
Charnelton St., ste. 100.
$5.
Music
Soromundi: Everything Pos-
sible, 2:30pm, Hult Ctr.
$23-28.
Concerts at First, 3pm, First
United Methodist Church,
1376 Olive St.
Irish Jam, 4-7:30pm, Sam
Bond's, 407 Blair Blvd.
Spring Vespers (Music & Poet-
ry), 4pm, Central Lutheran
Church, 1857 Potter St.
EastSide Sunday Jam & Dance
Party, 5pm, Twisted River
Saloon, 1444 Main St., Spfd.
Open Mic, 5:30pm, Publi-
cHouse, 418 A St., Spfd.
Open Jazz Jam Session, 6pm,
Gratitude Brewing, 540 E.
8th Ave.
The Bad Plus, jazz, 6-7:15pm
& 8-9:15pm, The Jazz Sta-
tion, 124 W. Broadway. $40.
Eugene Opera: An Evening w/
Lawrence Barasa, 7pm, Unity
of the Valley, 3912 Dillard
Rd. $25-40.
Goth Night w/ Church Noir,
9pm-2am, Cowfish Dance
Club, 62 W. Broadway.
Nightlife
Trivia w/ Elliot Martínez,
4-6pm, Blairally, 245 Blair
Blvd.
Karaoke w/ Adam Stiles, 8pm,
Happy Hours, 645 River Rd.
Karaoke, 9pm-1am, Sparrow
& Serpent, 211 Washington
St.
Outdoors/Recre-
ation
Sunday Funday Goat Yoga
Class, 4-5pm, No Regrets
Flower Farm & Animal
Sanctuary, 26641 Bellfoun-
tain Rd., Monroe. $35.
Social Dance
Ballroom, Latin & Swing,
5:30-8pm, Veteran's
Memorial Ballroom, 1626
Willamette. $4-8.
The Merry Lanesters,
11:15am, 118 Merry Lane, 118
Merry Lane.
Spiritual
Dawn of a New Era, 10-
11:30am, Baha'i Ctr. of
Eugene, 1458 Alder St.
Nondual Teachings from the
Great Spiritual Traditions,
Лат-ірт, The Ctr. for
Sacred Sciences, 5440
Saratoga St.
Spring Vespers (Music & Poet-
ry), 4pm, Central Lutheran
Church, 1857 Potter St.
Emerald Valley Ctr. for
Spiritual Living, 4pm, Hilyard
Community Ctr., 2580
Hilyard St. Don.
Theater
Misery, 2pm, The Very
Little Theatre, 2350 Hil-
yard St. $22.
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's
Nest, 6-9:30pm, Zero Clear-
ance Theater Co., 47781
Hwy 58, Oakridge. $12-25.
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Oakshire Inspires: Hearts for
Hospice, 5-8pm, Oakshire
Commons, 416 Main St.,
Spfd.
Film
Chinatown (1974), 7-9pm,
Whiteside Theatre, 361 SW
Madison Ave., Corvallis.
$8-10.
Prince of Darkness (1987),
T:30pm, Art House, 492 E.
13th Ave. $8-11.
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Afternoon Chess, 4-6pm,
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Death Cafe, 6:30-8pm, Shel-
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Malcolm X at 100 Years
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Bluegrass Jam w/ Belltower,
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Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit,
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Funk Yo' Monday w/ Alexander
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Nightlife
Cribbage w/ Eugene Cribbage,
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House, 207 Madison St.
Trivia w/ Geo, 6:30pm, Publi-
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Trivia, 7pm, PLAY Eugene,
232 W. 5th St.
Karaoke, 8pm-1am, Rennie's
Landing, 1214 Kincaid St.
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link.
Men's Codependents Anony-
mous Meeting, 7-8pm. Visit
CoDA.org for link.
Metal Detecting Club Meeting,
7-9pm, Eugene Elks Lodge,
2470 W. 11th Ave.
Farmers Markets
Tuesday Farmers Market,
9am-2pm, Lane County
Farmers Market, 8th Ave. &
Oak St.
Kids/Family
Babywearing & Bailando w/
Nurturely, 10-1am, Adven-
ture! Children's Museum,
14 May 15, 2025
490 Valley River Ctr. FREE-
$7.
Lectures/Classes
Talk Time: Practice Conver-
sational English, 4:30-6pm,
Downtown Eugene Public
Library.
Willamette Writers: How to
Interview Anyone, 6pm,
Downtown Eugene Public
Library.
Literary Arts
Writing Time, 9:30am-noon,
Wordcrafters Studio, 436
Charnelton St., ste. 100. $5.
Tweens Writing Club, 4:30pm,
Downtown Eugene Public
Library.
Greg Marshall: Memoir Reading
& Q&A, 7-8:30pm, Knight
Library, 1501 Kincaid St.
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Rich Fisher, singer-song-
writer, 6:30-9:30pm, Happy
Hours, 645 River Rd.
ESYO's Junior Orchestra
Spring Concert, 7:30pm,
Churchill High School, 1850
Bailey Hill Rd. N/C-$10.
Nightlife
Bi-Weekly Bingo, 6pm, Hop
Valley Brewing Co., 990 W.
1st Ave..
Pub Trivia, 6-8pm, Sparrow
& Serpent, 211 Washington
St.
Tacos & Trivia, 6-8pm, Tall-
man Brewing, 2055 Prim-
rose St., Lebanon.
Trivia, 6pm, Sparrow & Ser-
pent, 211 Washington St.
Bingo w/ Ty Connor, 6:30pm,
PublicHouse, 418 A St.,
Spfd.
Quality Trivia w/ Elliot Marti-
nez, 6:30-8:30pm, Oakshire
Commons, 416 Main St.,
Spfd.
Trivia w/ Elliot Martínez,
6:30pm, The Oregon Wine
LAB, 488 Lincoln St.
Bingo, 7-11pm, The Wild
Duck, 1419 Villard St.
Bingo w/ Judy Jitsu, 7pm,
PLAY Eugene, 232 W. 5th
St.
Trivia w/ Geo, 7pm, beergar-
den, 777 W. 6th St.
Karaoke, 8:30-11:45pm, 5th
St. Cornucopia, 207 E. 5th
Ave.
Twisted Karaoke & Tacos,
8pm, Twisted Duck Pub, 529
W. Centennial Blvd., Spfd.
Social Dance
Latin Dance Night & Salsa
Instruction w/ DJ Vito,
7-11:30pm, Cowfish Dance
Club, 62 W. Broadway. $8.
Theater
BRAVA, 5pm, Hult Ctr. $25-
35.
May 21
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Knit & Crochet Circle, брт,
Downtown Eugene Public
Library.
Figure Art Session, 6:15-9pm,
New Zone Gallery, 110 E.
Tith Ave., ste. C. $8-60.
Benefits
Oakshire Inspires: Protect Lane
County Watersheds, 5-8pm,
Oakshire Public House, 207
Madison St.
Film
Sully (2016), 1-3pm, Willama-
lane Adult Activity Ctr., 215
W. C St., Spfd.
Bob Newton Family Film: The
Princess Bride (1987), 7-9pm,
Whiteside Theatre, 361 SW
Madison Ave., Corvallis.
FREE-$10.
Prince of Darkness (1987),
T:30pm, Art House, 492 E.
13th Ave. $8-11.
"Survivor" S48 Watch Party,
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to provide crowd sourced funding to the school. "They're trying to get these kids to
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Hope & Help Hour Tour, 4:30-
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Bike Happy Hour, 5-7pm,
Gratitude Brewing, 540 E.
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Co-Dependents Anonymous:
Women's Step Study Group,
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Make a Puzzle, 4:30pm,
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Balance Fitness w/ Nate,
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Compost Workshop, 2-4pm,
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Talk Time: Practice Conver-
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Body Mind Movement Aware-
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Windfall Reading Series: Elea-
nor Berry & Chris Anderson,
6pm, Downtown Eugene
Public Library.
Scott Austin, singer-song-
writer, 6-8pm, PublicHouse,
418 A St., Spfd.
Blues Jam & Open Mic, 7pm,
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Jay Veach & The Slow Cookers,
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Millenial Night w/ DJ Amaya,
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Quality Trivia w/ Rob & Lor-
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Brewing Co., 990 W. 1st Ave.
Western Wednesday, 6pm-
2am, Jackalope Lounge, 453
Willamette.
Cribbage w/ Eugene Cribbage,
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Stein, 1591 Willamette. $5.
Bingo w/ Ty Connor, 7pm,
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Trivia, 7-11pm, The Wild
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Karaoke w/ KJ JudyJitsu,
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Trivia w/ Thomas Hiura,
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830 Olive St.
Community Yoga, 5:30-
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tions Community Church,
810 W. 3rd Ave.
Pin & Mount Bugs, 4:30pm,
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492 E. 13th Ave. $8-11.
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Stein, 1591 Willamette.
Co-Dependents Anony-
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Family Playtime, 10:15-11am,
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Echo Hollow Rd..
Christina Fernandez: In Review
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Writing Time, 10:30am-1pm,
Wordcrafters Studio, 436
Charnelton St., ste. 100. $5.
History Book Club, 6-7:30pm,
Shelton McMurphey John-
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Live Lit West: Masters Stu-
dents Read Works in Progress,
T-9pm, Tsunami Books,
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visionary award, is
diversifying ballet
BY EVE WESTON
ugene's Fermata Ballet Collec-
tive is transforming the local
ballet scene by telling the story
of those who normally might
not have their story told, its
founders say. Fermata's mission statement
is to “diversify ballet by creating renewed
paths in the dance experience and create
collaborative performance opportunities."
Eugene's Fermata Ballet Collective won
this year's Business Recognizing Arts Vision
and Achievement (BRAVA) visionary award
for artists or organizations that are chang-
ing the arts community for the better,
presented by the Arts and Business Alli-
ance of Eugene. Fermata has 12 resident
artists and routinely collaborates with
others around town. This year, Fermata
is slotted to work with six outside artists,
two guest faculty members and 10 miscel-
laneous collaborators.
Ballet as an art is infamous for its lack
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of diversity. In the early days of ballet,
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“Were actively trying to rewrite those
norms from leadership to the casting of
dancers,” says Alaja Badalich, one of the
founding members of Fermata in 2020.
Fermata is run by a board of directors
who try to set themselves apart from other
collectives. “We’re radically doing some-
thing different, and I think it’s caught atten-
tion in the best way possible,” they add.
With the pandemic at an all-time high
at the time, plus massive demonstrations
taking place across the country, Badalich
says they felt it was more important than
ever to establish a dance collective that
personified the resilience and resistance
against racism, homophobia and trans-
phobia through dance. “Our collective is
intentionally inclusive, prioritizing repre-
sentation across race, gender identity, body
type and ability,” Badalich says. Fermata
means a musical pause of undefined length,
which Badalich says represents the uncer-
tainty in the world during 2020.
To dance is to tell a story, and Fermata
has a unique way of doing it. The process
of coming up with a dance begins with the
dancers. They can come forward and pres-
ent an idea or story that they feel needs to
be heard. Then, the team works together
with the choreographers to create a dance
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Badalich says they tell their stories
through dance by asking themself a ques-
tion and forming a narrative by answering
that question. ^I think the gift of Fermata
is that the intention is so clear that you
can decide what it means to you,” Bada-
lich says.
Steph Young, Fermata's treasurer, says
they work with their dancers to develop an
intensity that can be translated into dance
to express the emotion that comes with
the story being told. “I have my dancers
sit and listen to the music multiple times
because that's how my mind creates a
connection with the scoring," Young says.
Fermata is a nonprofit organization.
Young says being a nonprofit helps provide
more opportunities for the community
to come together and learn more about
dance. “A lack of funds is not a reason
to not engage in one of our events, and
being able to be a nonprofit really allows
for people to give us those donations of
just simply space,” they say.
Fermata is flexible about their perfor-
mance spaces and takes part in different
events around town. This year, they'll
be performing at Founded Fest, Eugene
Pride, the Rebelle Summer Soiree and
participating in the Summer Choreographic
Workshop series. “We’ve done seasonal
workshops where we cultivate choreogra-
phy and this will be our first season that
we're able to reuse some of that repertoire
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from one of our workshops to perform it
at an event which will be at Found Fest
on June 8,” Young says.
As a relatively new collective, Fermata
is just getting started. ^I would love for
us to, like, keep expanding our program-
ming, our outreach, community partner-
ships," Badalich says. Young says they
hope Fermata will be able to expand their
educational program, helping new artists
explore their talents. “We’ve had our first
seminar with lighting design, and we're
aiming to expand that with all variet-
ies of knowledge within performing art,”
Young says.
Fermata performs at this year's Arts and
Business Alliance of Eugene BRAVA awards 5:30
pm May 20 at the Hult Center. Tickets are $35 at
ArtsBusinessalliance.org/calendar.
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Soromundi Lesbian Chorus ше 35 anm in
oromundi Lesbian Chorus of
Eugene founder Karm Hage-
dorn says she's not a vision-
ary. ^T just wanted to sing with
friends," Hagedorn writes in
an email to Eugene Weekly, recalling the
night, 35 years ago, six women gathered in
the living room of her home when Soro-
mundi launched.
But, she adds, *it wasn't long before
I knew what I had started, and I knew
it was more than just a choir. It was a
community."
More than three decades later, Hagedo-
rn's Soromundi Lesbian Chorus is celebrat-
ing its 35th anniversary with two concerts.
The first is an evening performance May 17
in the Soreng Theater at the Hult Center,
and a matinee in the Soreng Theater is
the next day.
Alongside the anniversary concerts,
called Soromundi: Everything Possible, the
chorus has produced a book commemorat-
ing its 35th anniversary for sale in limited
quantities and available for preorder the
evening and afternoon of each performance.
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| 3 CONCERT Photo by Eugene Gay Men's Chorus
The book will later be sold on Amazon and
from the Soromundi website.
Shortly before and after the concerts,
Soromundi will present a museum-style
exhibit of the chorus' history in the Jacobs
Community Room, formerly Jacobs Gallery,
on the Hult Center's ground floor.
Soromundi Vice President Ann Huber
and former President Kate Barry, both
singers, have co-chaired the anniversary
planning. Huber joined the chorus seven
years ago, and Barry joined the group
shortly after it started.
Huber and Barry say Everything Possible
will be in two sections. The first focuses
on music from the group's first few years,
featuring traditional chants, circle songs
and pieces with call and response.
In the second half, Huber and Barry
say the music will look toward the future,
with selections like Chappell Roan's *Pink
Pony Club,” illustrating the “Everything
Possible” theme of the show and high-
lighting Soromundi’s broad commitment
to diverse gender identities.
In both the first and second half, Huber
\
says the chorus will perform “a wider mix
of songs than most people would ever
expect a chorus to do.” Such as “Songs
of Sanctuary” by the Welsh composer
Karl Jenkins, written in Jenkins’ made-
up language.
Percussion, piano and guitar will accom-
pany singers in both the first and second
halves, and former chorus members will
return to Eugene and perform for the
celebration.
As for the photographic exhibit, Huber
and Barry say it’s organized around five
general themes highlighting the nonprofit’s
guiding principles: performance, collabo-
ration, activism, friendship and commu-
nity building.
The Soromundi book, Sisters of the
World, is organized similarly, with photo-
graphs and stories from throughout
Soromundi’s 35 years.“Talking to differ-
ent people and groups reminded me of
specific concerts or moments in Soro-
mundi's history that were meaningful for
everybody," Barry says of the research
process for the book and exhibit.
Such as the first time the chorus went
on tour, or the time Soromundi performed
at a gala conference in Portland, “when we
were still a young choir, maybe 10 years
old, and were just received with raptur-
ous applause,” Barry recalls.
“Tt was very affirming of what has been
accomplished," she says.
Soromundi accepts members of all
musical skill levels each September, and
no audition is required to apply. The group
rehearses once a week, all music selections
come from the singers, and they perform
at least three annual concerts in Eugene
and around the Northwest.
Lisa Hellemn, Soromundi music direc-
tor, says she knows of no other chorus of
its kind that lets the membership select
the music they sing. That process, she
says, “gives every person a way to listen,
discuss and vote on the repertoire.”
At first, Hellemn says, Soromundi had
trouble booking gigs because "lesbian" was
in the name. (The word lesbian remains,
but membership is open to all female-
identifying singers, regardless of sexual
orientation.)
*Now, unfortunately, it's our friends
in the trans and genderqueer community
who are being attacked," Hellemn says.
“That’s why it's important to support our
LGBTQ+ organizations and provide safety
for everyone."
Hagedorn calls the community the
chorus has built and which the anniver-
sary events will celebrate *a network for
members, past and present, who need
each other on many levels.”
She says, "Support might include simply
lending an ear, helping build a shed, buying
weekly groceries, and singing someone on
to whatever comes next when this life is
finished.”
Huber adds, “We can add more people to
the table, and it doesn’t diminish anybody
else’s presence.”
Soromundi: Everything Possible — Annual Spring
Concert is 7:30 pm Saturday, May 17, and 2:30
pm Sunday, May 18, in the Soreng Theater at the
Hult Center, 1 Eugene Center. Tickets are $28;
the concerts are all ages. For more information
about joining the Soromundi Lesbian Chorus, go to
Soromundi.org.
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man who loves me very much. I love
him, too. Prior to this | was in a throu-
ple for three years. That relationship
was toxic. | was the new addition to
the throuple, and | was more in love
with one of them. There were a lot
of jealousy issues, and a lot of hurt
that took me a long time to get over
when | finally moved on. Truthfully,
even when that relationship ended,
| was still very much in love with my
main partner from that throuple. Our
sexual chemistry was unlike anything
else, and the deep passion we have
for each other was unmatched. But
we did break up. And І spent a lot
of time healing. And now І met this
wonderful man.
My main ex from the throuple —
the опе | loved most — just reached
out to let me know that he and his
other partner broke up and he wants
me back. All of a sudden, my ex is tell-
ing me how much he loves me, how
much he wants me, and how he wants
to be my only partner — all of the
things | would've killed to hear him
say a year ago. | now find myself torn
between my new boyfriend, who has
done nothing wrong, and my ex, a man
l love so much and have this incredible
sexual chemistry with but who really
hurt me. It should be noted that I
am incredibly submissive in bed, and
although my new partner tries to be
dominant, it doesn't come naturally
to him. My ex was fantastic in that
role. And if I’m being honest, | have
to admit that that kind of sexual play
is something І need in a relationship.
I'm torn and don't know what to do.
I don't want to hurt anyone, but find
myself in the impossible position of
choosing between two people І care
deeply about. Help!
— Tormented Over X In Chicago
“When the gods wish to punish us,
they answer our prayers." — Oscar
Wilde
You spent three years in a throu-
ple that turned toxic — or maybe was
toxic from the start — and when it
ended, all you wanted was for the guy
you truly loved to choose you... and
he didn't. So, you did what people are
supposed to do when a bad relationship
ends: you moved out, you moved on,
you met someone else. And now the
relationship gods have decided to fuck
with you: the man you wanted is single
and now he wants you and only you —
so, your prayers have been answered,
but a year too late.
Let's rewind.
You joined a couple as a third —
as their third — but you weren't a
perfectly balanced third. You were
more into one than the other, TOXIC,
which you most likely realized going
in. That happens in lots of relation-
ships; even in couples, one partner is
often more invested/besotted/commit-
ted than the other. But an imbalance
like that hits a little different — it's
more destabilizing — in a triad. If the
partner you weren't into could tell
you were only tolerating him while
not-so-subtly fantasizing about peel-
ing off his boyfriend... that's not just
an awkward vibe or a price-of-admis-
sion power imbalance a person can
learn to tolerate. That's an existential
threat. Whether the other guy — the
guy your dream man just dumped —
was always the problem or he became
a problem when he sensed not just
what you wanted, TOXIC, but what his
original partner also wanted... it's easy
to understand why he was unhappy.
It's a situation that could bring out
the worst in anybody — you included.
Anyway!
Your throuple ended! You did the
work! You found someone new! Some-
one kind! Someone who loves you!
Someone you love... kinda... but not
as much as you love the man who just
walked back into your life.
As much as it pains me to say this
— because the only person we know
for sure is blameless in all this is the
lovely man you've been seeing for the
last six months — you should dump
the new guy. You're already comparing
the new guy to your ex... and the new
can't meet your needs the same way
your ex did... which means you're going
to be thinking about your ex each and
every time he tries and fails. And the
longer you go on measuring the meh sex
you have with your current boyfriend
against the insanely hot sex you had
with your ex, TOXIC, the more you're
going to miss your ex and find yourself
fantasizing about what might've been.
So, while staying with the nice guy
sounds like the nice thing to do —
while it sounds like the decent thing
todo — staying with someone to avoid
hurting their feelings only sets them
up for more hurt down the road. But
while you won't be able to avoid hurt-
ing your current boyfriend's feelings,
TOXIC, you can avoid wasting his time
by ending things cleanly and soon. But
don't move right back in — or pick up
right where you left off — with your ex.
Date him. Take it slow. You may have
fantasized about being with your ex
on his own, TOXIC, but you've never
known him on his own.
P.S. You're faced with a choice between
two men you love — your ex from that
disastrous throuple and the man you've
been seeing for six months — and
you're hesitating, in much the same
way your ex faced a choice between you
and his original partner and hesitated.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): What may appear to be slow or static is actually moving. The
developing changes are imperceptible from day to day, but incrementally substantial. So please
maintain your faith in the diligent, determined approach. Give yourself pep talks that renew
your deeply felt motivation. Ignore the judgments and criticism of people who have no inkling
of how hard you have been working. In the long run, you will prove that gradual progress can be
the most enduring.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The most successful people aren't those who merely follow
their passion, but those who follow their curiosity. Honoring the guidance of our passions mo-
tivates us, but it can also narrow our focus. Heeding the call of our curiosity emboldens our
adaptability, exploration, and maximum openness to new possibilities. In that spirit, Taurus, |
invite you to celebrate your yearning to know and discover. Instead of aching for total clarity
about your life's mission, investigate the subtle threads of what piques your curiosity. Experi-
ment with being an intrigued adventurer.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Gemini author Huston Smith was a religious scholar who wrote
13 books. But he was dedicated to experiencing religions from the inside rather than simply
studying them academically. Smith danced with Whirling Dervishes, practiced Zen meditation
with a master and ingested peyote with Native Americans, embodying his view that real under-
standing requires participation, not just observation. In the spirit of his disciplined devotion,
| invite you to seek out opportunities to learn through experience as much as theory. Leave
your safety zone, if necessary, to engage with unfamiliar experiences that expand your soul. Be
inspired by how Smith immersed himself in wisdom that couldn't come from books alone.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): More than 2,000 years ago, people living in what's now the
Peruvian desert began etching huge designs of animals and plants in the earth. The makers
moved a lot of dirt! Here's the mystery: Some of the gigantic images of birds, spiders, and other
creatures are still visible today, but can only be deciphered from high above. And there were, of
course, no airplanes in ancient times to aid in depicting the figures. Let's use this as a metaphor
for one of your upcoming tasks, Cancerian. | invite you to initiate or intensify work on a labor
of love that will motivate you to survey your life from the vantage point of a bird or plane or
mountaintop.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You now have extra power to detect previously veiled patterns and
hidden agendas. That's why І urge you to be alert for zesty revelations that may seem to arrive
out of nowhere. They could even arise from situations you have assumed were thoroughly ex-
plored and understood. These are blessings, in my opinion. You should expect and welcome the
full emergence of truths that have been ripening below the surface of your awareness. Even if
they are initially surprising or daunting, you will ultimately be glad they have finally appeared.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Renowned Virgo author Nassim Nicholas Taleb has called for the
discontinuation of the Nobel Prize in Economics. He says it rewards economists who express
bad ideas that cause great damage. He also delivers ringing critiques of other economists widely
regarded as top luminaries. Taleb has a lot of credibility. His book The Black Swan was named
one of the most influential books since World War Il. | propose we make him your inspirational
role model for now, Virgo. May he incite you to question authority to the max. May he rouse
you to bypass so-called experts, alleged mavens and supposed wizards. Be your own masterful
authority.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): | predict that your usual mental agility will be even more robust
than usual in the coming weeks. Although this could possibly lead you to overthink everything,
| don't believe that’s what will happen. Instead, | suspect your extra cognitive flexibility will be
highly practical and useful. It will enable you to approach problems from multiple angles simulta-
neously — and come up with hybrid solutions that are quite ingenious. A possibility that initially
seems improbable may become feasible when you reconfigure its elements. PS: Your natural
curiosity will serve you best when directed toward making connections between seemingly un-
related people and fields.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You're ready to go to the next evolutionary stage of a close
alliance. Although you may not feel entirely prepared for the challenge, | believe you will be guid-
ed by your deeper wisdom to do what's necessary. One way | can help is to provide exhilarating
words that boost your daring spirit. With that in mind, | offer you a passage from poet William
Blake. Say them to your special friend if that feels right, or find other words appropriate to your
style. Blake wrote, “You are the fierce angel that carves my soul into brightness, the eternal
fire that burns away my dross. You are the golden thread spun by the hand of heaven, weaving
me into the fabric of infinite delight. Your love is a furnace of stars, a vision that consumes
my mortal sight, leaving me radiant and undone. In your embrace, | find the gates of paradise
thrown wide."
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In ancient Egypt, mirrors were composed of polished
copper. To remain properly reflective, they required continual maintenance. Let's take that as
a metaphor for one of your key tasks in the coming weeks. It's high time to do creative upkeep
on your relationships with influences that provide you with feedback on how you're doing. Are
your intended effects pretty close to your actual effects? Does your self-image match the way
you are perceived by others? Are you getting the right kind of input to help you stay on course?
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Chances to initiate creative transformations will come
from unexpected sources in the coming days. | guarantee it. But will you be sufficiently recep-
tive to take maximum advantage? The purpose of this horoscope is to nudge you to shed your
expectations so you will be tenderly, curiously open to surprising help and inspiration. What
sweet interruptions and graceful detours will flow your way if you are willing to depart from
your usual script? | predict that your leadership qualities will generate the greatest good for all
concerned if you are willing to relinquish full control and be flexibly eager to entertain intuitive
breakthroughs.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): For many Indigenous people of California, acorns were part
of every meal. Nuts from oak trees were used to create bread, soups, dumplings, pancakes,
gravy and porridge. But making them edible required strenuous work. In their natural state,
they taste bitter and require multiple soakings to leach out the astringent ingredient. Is there
a metaphorical equivalent for you, Aquarius? An element that can be important, but needs a
lot of work, refinement and preparation? If so, now is a good time to develop new approaches
to making it fully available.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): When Pisces-born Jane Hirshfield was a young poet, she most-
ly stopped writing poetry for eight years. During that time, she was a full-time student of Zen
Buddhism and lived for three years at a monastery. When she resumed her craft, it was infused
with what she had learned. Her meditative practice had honed her observational skills, her ap-
preciation of the rich details of daily life, and her understanding that silence could be a form
of communication. In the spirit of the wealth she gathered from stillness, calm and discipline, |
invite you to enjoy your own spiritual sabbatical, dear Pisces. The coming weeks will be an excel-
lent time to relax into the most intriguing mysteries.
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